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Dori | Talk 07:45, Dec 9, 2003 (UTC)
Thank you very much Denis, you've been very kind. Your help is much appreciated, maybe you could watch User:Curtis Clark/Inflorescence, feel free to correct my edits as you want. As you can see on my user page, I'm not even a native English speaker! Aelwyn 16:09, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I note that you have moved the image I uploaded, Pinedrops.jpg, to the Commons. The information seems to have transferred correctly, but the name should be changed to Pterospora andromedea. Perhaps you can figure out how to do that. Cstaffa ( talk) 03:25, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, we have a bit of a problem. There is already a page called International Code of Nomenclature FOR algae, fungi, and plants. Please see BEN 441; the "for" is correct. I've been meaning to get around to citing that on the relevant pages, but haven't had time yet. To explain why I made a new page without moving the old one: it was rather a mess and this seemed like a good opportunity to start some cleanup. Nadiatalent ( talk) 15:19, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Denis, how marvellous. I'll send email to James Miller and John McNeill ... I was hoping to either delete the old page eventually, or have so much added to the new one that they would become rather different in time. Nadiatalent ( talk) 18:01, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
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tnx, supporting White Bag Movement. |
- against image filters, sayz former EFF member and former activist: -- Emeritus ( talk) 14:11, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
hallo Denis Barthel,
danke vielmals für deine Unterstützung. Jedoch liegt es vollkommen an dir ob du es möchtest oder nicht. Ich fühle mich unwohl nachdem ich mich so ausgedrückt habe, und wenn ich diesen Link zu der Diskussion anklicke, fühle ich mich zutiefst beschämt. Meine E-mail lautet einfallslos: GreatOrangePumpkin@hotmail.com. Viele Grüße.-- ♫GoP♫ T C N 21:20, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Denis,
On Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Muhammad images, you opposed the functional hatnote on the grounds of "NOTCENSORED and In an encyclopedia, sensibilities don't count".
I was a little confused by this, because if I had to pick a single policy or value that inspired the functional hatnote, it would be NOTCENSORED. While the functional hatnote looks similar to the alternative hatnote, it's quite different.
In particular, the hatnote is "content-neutral"-- it treats all images identically. The note does not specific WHICH images are upsetting, WHY they're upsetting, or IF they're upsetting. It doesn't mention Muhammad, it isn't specific to Muhammad. It just offers users the chance to view a imageless version of the current page.
In short, I agree 100% that "sensibilities don't count". The best way to protect NOTCENSORED is for our editors be able to point to the "hide images" button any time someone tries to delete controversial images (or make them smaller, or fewer).
The foundation wanted a personal image filter, some people want to delete images, some people want to add a disclaimer. I feel like the alternative we came up-- a simple "hide images" button, is vastly more compatible with our philosophy than any other option. It just gives novices the ability to browse without images-- something every experienced user has always been able to do.
That's my pitch. :) -- HectorMoffet ( talk) 10:47, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
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Apologies for PRODing the article that you created. None of my searches yielded anything and even your ref quoted in your edit summary failed for me - but that URL did give me access to a reputable source. It did me pause for thought when I reviewed your editing history but even the most emminent scientists (and presumably Wikipedia editors) have fallen for hoaxes in the past. I am not sure that modern taxonomic nomenclature would allow such a name today? Sorry to have caused you angst and additional effort. Regards Velella Velella Talk 13:23, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you for quality articles such as Drosera pedicellaris, Monarch (band), Eva Siewert, Selli Engler, and now Die BIF – Blätter Idealer Frauenfreundschaften and Lotte Hahm, for service from 2004, and more in the German Wikipedia, - Denis, you are an awesome Wikipedian!
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The article is still featured on Portal:Germany, and made it to the stats, see? Next time, you can add one yourself ;) -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:25, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
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My mistake was to bring the routines from working in the German WP, where the point of multiple, extensive coverage is not as important as you state it to be the case at EN-WP, else the topic's importance has more weight.
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